Dear Diary - the Smitten Kitten Blog

20th November 08

You know, I had a chance to go to NYC this week.  My boy’s work sent him to take a course in the Big Apple, all expenses paid.  If I wanted to I could’ve just paid for my plane ticket and stayed with him for free at the freakin’ W Hotel in Times Square.  “My room is IN times square!” he says, “I’m looking out my window at a giant bottle of Corona and the M and M store!”  Yeah thanks for the play by play.

Now you and I both know that it would’ve been impossible for me to go gallivanting in NYC during this hell week, being that I’m stuck in my own personal sweatshop and all.  Oh but don’t you worry about lil’ ol’ me.  I went to Chapters/Indigo on Tuesday and picked up the latest issue of Parents Magazine.

YAYAYAYAYAY!  I’m so excited my Silk Scarf Kanzashi Brooches are in the Parents Magazine Gift Guide this year!  Woohoo! This is waaaay more exciting than staying at the W (3 gazillion thread count sheets an’ all ).  I mean, someone has to be here to ship orders and update the website right?  The kitty wasn’t going to do it for me.

This Parents Magazine gig has been cooking for a while now.  I know I know… I didn’t say anything about this beforehand ‘cos when it comes to press, I never presume it’s going to happen until I’m holding a hard copy of the magazine in my hand and staring right at it.  It’s not about being superstitious and jinxing things…

Years ago (when I was green), an editor from a local newspaper contacted me, wanting to feature some cushions I designed. ” You’ll be featured for sure!” she said, and even went as far as sending a courier over to pick the samples.  I packed the cushions in a large garbage bag (’cos they were several of them and they were over-sized) and stuck a huge label with my company info on it.  After the courier came and picked them up,  I was so excited that I went about telling everyone I know that my cushions were going to be in the next issue (Yeah you know where I’m going with this don’t you).

Lo and behold when the issue came out my cushions were not to be found.  When I called the editor to ask about it, she’s like “what cushions?  Oh there they are in that large garbage bag at the corner of my office.  I thought it was a bag of garbage and almost threw it out with the trash today!”

Lesson 1: Cross your fingers all you want but mum’s the word until the actual article comes out.

Lesson 2: Don’t pack samples in garbage bags. I don’t care if you have to MacGyver a gift bag out of floss and lampshades.  DON’T PACK SAMPLES IN GARBAGE BAGS!

Categories: Uncategorized, press and praise.
Tags: Kanzashi Brooches, Parents magazine, Smitten KItten Press.
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